Julee – I can’t believe I forgot to say happy birthday yesterday. Sorry! Hope your day was fantastic.
Luan – I wish I could invite you over for a make-up party. I totally need help in that area! One of my problems is that makeup doesn’t seem to stick to my face very well.
Putting on my accounting hat . . . since you are using it for work, it can be a tax write off, but only if you are actively engaged in marketing and selling something, including services in conjunction with the expenditures. As well, you can be limited to expense write-offs up to the amount of money that you make doing that activity if the IRS could consider it a hobby (if it isn’t your primary source of income). If most of the work you are doing is as a subcontractor, you probably are OK, but if your shoot jobs pay you on a W-2, then you might want to so some more research. Here is a little blurb from the IRS on business vs. hobby:
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/...=99239,00.html. Don’t mean to be a downer, and maybe you know all this already, but I remembered this from my tax class last year.
Countess – I use the weight charting in the online food recording site I use (like fitday, but another one), so I don’t keep anything in Excel at this point. If you are looking for some help with Excel, I would be happy to help. I use Excel all day long and can pretty easily throw something together.
Lillian – I can only do about 5 minutes on the elliptical and I feel totally worn out. Good job on making it for 6! I am trying to keep going with it because it really works the top of the thigh and that is where I am really weak, which causes me all the trouble in stair climbing.
Tashabella – That is really good news about the mammogram. I know how you feel about the bleeding. I haven’t stopped for a couple of weeks now. I was supposed to have my pre-surgery appointment today, and the doctor cancelled on me – again! This is the second time. I am rescheduled for Monday – we shall see. . .
Dogpal – I am sorry to hear about your job. You got that one, so you can go out and find an even better one that won’t immediately discriminate against you for health problems. I am just glad to hear that you are OK. That must have been so scary!
Heather – Just tell yourself you will exercise for a few minutes – I set my goal at 10. Once you have done that you can always do more. 10 minutes is not intimidating and totally do-able. I find with exercise the hard part is starting it. Once I am doing it I am usually glad to be, and then I can continue.
Crock – Congrats on the loss! 2 pounds is great!
For myself, I don't have much to say except that I am really glad it is almost the weekend!
sorry to hear about your panic attack and losing your new job over it. I believe that everything happens for a reason. I think its fantastic that you are using the next few months to really focus on your health. 
I'm so happy its the weekend, I'm doing very little work this weekend.
